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alignment

  • noun
  • /əˈlaɪn.mənt/

An arrangement of items in a line.

Other meanings

  1. The process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned; the condition of having its parts so adjusted.

  2. An alliance of factions.

Related words

  • antialignment
  • autoalignment
  • dealignment
  • disalignment
  • hyperalignment
  • multialignment
  • overalignment
  • postalignment
  • prealignment
  • pseudoalignment
  • realignment
  • subalignment

Word history

From French "alignement".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “alignment” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.